chicago seven (5 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Printing. Photocopied sheet Near fine. Flyer for a be-in at Lincoln Park in Chicago.

Edition originale sans grand papier. [6690].

STAPLED WHITE. Condizione: GOOD. General wear, foxed cover, soiled front top edge, foxed endpapers, creased spine edge, bent cover edge, contains BW photographs DATE PUBLISHED: 1975 CIRCA EDITION:

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. Signed first edition of Black Man Emerging by Joseph L. White, with an inscription to California State Senator Tom Hayden, a member of the "Chicago Seven". (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, [2], 336pp. Maroon hardcover, title in gilt on tan cloth spine. Stated "First printing, 1998" on copyright page, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket, $26.95 retail price on front flap, fine condition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Senator Tom Hayden / To a man who has spent a life time guided by the ancient command of Isaiah, 'To undue their heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free.' America owes you a great deal. I want you to know that we in the ethnic communities in Calif and around the country cherish you. You know how to fight the good fight, stay the course keep the faith + land on your feet. Joe White 12/9/99." The recipient of this copy, Tom Hayden (1939-2016), was an anti-war and pro-civil rights activist. Hayden led protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and stood trial during the "Chicago Seven" case. He was elected to the California State Assembly from 1982-1992, and then the California Senate from 1992-2000. Signed.

Condizione: Fine. In March of 1969, eight members of the Black Panther Party (BPP) were arrested in Chicago, accused of conspiracy to incite a riot. In April, twenty-one BPP members were arrested in New York City and charged with a conspiracy to murder NYPD officers and bomb several buildings, including two police stations and the Bronx Botanical Gardens. The following year, BPP co-founder and former "Chicago Eight" co-defendant Bobby Seale was charged with ordering the 1969 murder of suspected FBI informant Alex Rackley. Offered here is a letter signed in facsimile by African-American activists and actors Ossie Davis and Dick Gregory seeking to raise funds for the Panthers' legal defense in these trials. The trials became a favored cause for the American New Left cultural figures from comic actress Peggy Cass and film director Robert Downey Sr. to author Norman Mailer and feminist icon Gloria Steinem appear as "sponsors" of the Committee to Defend the Panthers, which itself was formed by musician and composer Leonard Bernstein. Donations raised by the Committee would go to paying for "legal research, travel to interview and transport witnesses, court transcripts and other trial-related essentials." The letter warns: "Today the Panthers tomorrow it could be any of us. Our country cannot must not tolerate government vendettas against ANY group. Unless the tide of repression is turned, and fast, we had all better run for our lives. [] Unless these men and women can be assured of a fair trial, with a JURY OF THEIR PEERS, no man or woman in the United States can be sure of justice in court." In 1971, all members of the Panther 21 were acquitted;in 1972, all criminal convictions against the Chicago Seven were reversed, and Bobby Seale was released from prison with his charges dropped. Single letter measuring 8 x 10.5 inches, one single-sided sheet.